This competition is the primary pathway to be nominated to represent Team Canada in surfing at international events, and Atwood hopes he can win in B.C. “Ever since I was small, I have wished surfing could be part of the Olympics so I could compete for a gold medal. But the competition for an Olympic spot will be steep: there will only be 40 competitors from around the world, including the top surfers from the World Surf League championship tour, the International Surfing Association’s World Surfing Games and the Pan Am Games. Atwood says he’s surfed all of the islands in Hawaii, and while he was on his high school surf team he competed in California, Tahiti, Fiji, Indonesia, Australia and Japan. A high performance board can cost $2,000 and they often break, and a wetsuit can run between $700 to $1,000.

Source: thestar April 15, 2018 20:48 UTC